In the News – November 16, 1929

On this day in 1929, The Argus reported that my gg uncle Charles James Harman, then a Flight Lieutenant with the R.A.A.F., working as a Liaison Officer in London, had the once in a lifetime opportunity to ride in an airship, the R101.

I was fairly happy when I found this article at Trove as Charles is one of my favourite and most interesting relatives and I have enjoyed discovering some of the adventures he had during WW1 and also post war. Life for Charles in London was a long way removed from growing up in Byaduk and his stories far more romantic than those of his relatives back home… new ploughs, prizes at agriculture shows, the rain etc. I also couldn’t wait to tell my Nana about Charles’ airship experience. He was her uncle, but she said she never met him. She knew he had gone to war, but that was about all she knew, or as was her way, that was all she was going to tell me.